Frankfurt vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Frankfurt	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2182	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5115	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1245	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2194	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4614	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	87	96
😀 Quality of life	95	73
🏙️ Population	776K	13.3M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 52% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1510th and 4141st ($2182 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 38th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Moscow

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	Frankfurt	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.6	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1844	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.91%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8398	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5144	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.41	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.57	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.4	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16203	$15272

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1861
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1812
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1844
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1836
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1832
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1640
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1741
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1757
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1693
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1815
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1763
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1713
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1813
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1755
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1801
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1776
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1793
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1810
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1756
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1922
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1810
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1736
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1756
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1775
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1763
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1769

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772